evanflein I just want to say you are out of your cotton picking mind!  Stop to rub ice off your eyelashes!  Have you thought of moving somewhere warm?  Like say North Dakota?  Or heck even Florida? 

 

............................................boy howdy, have I ever thought about moving to Florida, despite all BQll's comments about H&H.        

Thanks for your advice, all--just 2 peasy miles at really slow pace won't hurt, tho, no?    Besides, I'm thinking about the Miami Marathon.  It's partly in Miami BEACH.  Prolly have to worry about brushing the sand out of your eyelases.

grins,

A

Thanks for your advice, all--just 2 peasy miles at really slow pace won't hurt, tho, no?  

 OK, just 2 miles.  But that will leave you at 1799.9 miles for the year. 

I took Tazzie and Ladybug out for a slow 5.3 miles in the snow.  My left leg and right foot hurt today - if they're not better tomorrow I'll just bag my last run of the year - better safe than sorry!  

Nono, do you mean you signed up for 2 marathons on successive weeks?  As in, you're going for MM status with your 2nd and 3rd marathons?

Teresa, nice to see you posting!  I've been thinking about you!  Wouldn't that be cool if your DS and my DD ended up at Rochester? We could run together if we were there at the same time to drop them off or visit them.  And we could run with Craneium! 

Today I went to the bike track I use, and ran about 1.5 slow  miles.  Day after tomorrow is my Morning After Fun Run 5K, so I will not run more until then.   

 Tammy in GP, I will probably be at the Pear Blossom race on Apr. 10th.  Hum, is there a 10K associated with it?  Hope you will be there, and I'd love to see Johnny.  Hope that Econo will come too.  Are there other races in your area this spring or summer that are more than 5K, and up to and including 10K?   

Nono, do you mean you signed up for 2 marathons on successive weeks?  As in, you're going for MM status with your 2nd and 3rd marathons?

 

Yep, that's what I mean.   It's all my husband (Bayside)'s fault.  He asked me after Rehoboth if I thought I could run another the next weekend.  I said yes.  He said, "Sign up for the Ocean Drive then..."  I

So, I'm planning to head with the family to VA Beach for the Shamrock Marathon which is March 21 (I may have the date off by a day or so).  Then we'll return home after a couple of vacation days and I can deal with the wind/weather of my home county for the OD the next Sunday.  I've only ever run the 10 miler part of it, but have trained on the entire course.  And, I just found out that my parents' friends' home is literally on the course. How can I not try on my home turf?  With super-personal support at almost Mi 24?   

I'm getting all psyched just thinking about it!  OK, I'd better keep cleaning up this kitchen!  I sure made a mess today. 

WoodsLady - as luck would have it, I happen to have my quarterly newsletter from the running club with me at work today and it has the whole race line-up through April.

Here's a few that might interest you:

2/20 Rogue River Run (5K and HM) in Rogue River

3/13 Shamrock Run (5 mile) in Central Point

4/10 Pear Blossom (5K and 10 mi) in Medford

4/24 Bridge the Gap (5K and 10K) in Medford

That's what I know of so far.

You may want to bookmark the running club's website: www.sorunners.org and check back periodically. There's a link on the website for the race calendar.

Evenin', Peeps -

Made a vet run this a.m. with 2 of my 6 4-legged hairy creatures.  Our old guy was dehydrated, but that was a given,but also has an upper respiratory infection.  The vet keeps trying to talk us into giving him fluids every other day, but we all hate it - especially Fatso - so we're sticking with the every 3rd day thing.  Cripes, the old guy is almost 20, and although we keep expecting him to go "soon," I have a feeling we only have him around for a few more months.  I want to torture him as little as possible.  Vet said he's one of the oldest cats they're working with right now.

The other guy, Chico (one of our new ones), has a weird chin infection, as well as an upper respiratory infection (which is contagious  amongst cats).  PLUS, he needed his vaccine booster.  PLUS, he needed to be wormed.  PLUS, I needed to get wormer for everyone else.  PLUS, I needed to get more fluids for Fats.  Suffice to say, it was a very expensive morning, but not anywhere near the expense for Mary or you folks with kids applying for college.  I had no idea that a fee went with the applications!

That aside - I had to shorten my strides run this a.m. to 8 miles instead of the usual 10 as I was short on time.  Had a great run with an average of 9:34, which included some hill work, but I feel like I'm fighting a stomach issue.  A couple of people in our office have been a little ill in that regard, so who knows.  So far (knock on wood), everything else has missed our household.

Stared at the cinderblock wall tonight during a 6.5 mile treadmill progression, from 8:00 to 6:44 m/m. Walked a 1/2 mile WD.

Taco bell is also now marketing a "five layer burrito:" what happened to the magical "7 layer burrito?" It always angered me that they counted a sprinkling of freeze-dried chives as a layer. So now, eating drive-through tacos lets you lose 50 lbs? Hmmm.

I used to make soft-shelled crab tacos during soft crab season. Mmm-mmm.

Walt